GREAT FOR COMMON CORE AND PROJECT BASED LEARNING!
This lesson uses Stephen Vincent Benet's story "By the Waters of Babylon" to identify and explain the literary elements of Diction, Imagery, Details, Language, Syntax (DIDLS) and tone. The DIDLS

**GREAT FOR COMMON CORE PROJECT BASED LEARNING!**
This unit includes a reading schedule with an explanation for tracking and commenting on theme, irony, paradox, propaganda, and dystopian traits; the project descriptions and instructions--5 project

This is an activity to be used as a pre-reading strategy for Kurt Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron". Ideally, this activity is followed by a discussion on equality and the possibility/impossibility of complete equality.

This is a project for the culmination of Julius Caesar. This project includes ethos, logos, pathos, common propaganda devices, speech anlysis, persuasive and compare/contrast writing, historical research, MLA-works cited, and cooperative learning.

This is the culminating project in a Projects Based Learning unit over dystopian ideals. It asks students to identify a real world issue addressed in one of the dystopian stories we read and come up with a viable solution to that problem.

Ideal for Common Core Project Based Learning, these assignments/activities can be done in pairs, groups, or individually. They are perfect tools for assessment of both comprehension and point of view.
**Grading methods included.**

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I am a 2014 Natonal Board Certified Teacher. I have been teaching for nine years. I have taught English 10, English 11, Pre-AP English 10, Pre-AP English 11, AP Language, and Journalism.
I currently teach English 10, Pre-AP English 10, and Journalism.

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I teach mainly through project based learning with the students steering the lessons. While the skill is teacher selected, the process is determined by the individual student or students (as I often use cooperative learning).My lessons are also Common Core related.

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2014 National Board Certified Teacher

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I graduated from Henderson State University (Arkadelphia, AR) in 2006 with a Bachelor of Arts in English.

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